Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In October - 05
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1982 Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, NM on October - 05. 
1983 On October - 05 lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize
1984 On this day in history 13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G)-Challenger 6-launched
1984 On this day in history leonard Rossiter, actor (2001, Water), dies of a heart attack at 57
1985 Grambling's Eddie Robinson wins record 324th football game on October - 05.
1986 London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms on this day in history.
1986 On October - 05 hall B Wallis, US movie production (Barefoot in Park), dies at 87
1988 On October - 05 israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism
1989 The exiled Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October - 05.
1990 On October - 05 cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obscenity (Mapplethorpe photos)
1990 Meir Kahane, founder of Jewish defense league, assassinated at 58 on October - 05.
1991 On October - 05 actor Ted Shackelford (Knots Landing) weds Annett Wolf
1992 Cornelis Berkhouwer, Dutch MP (VVD), dies on this day in history.
1993 Jane Nigh, actress (Big Town, Blue Blood, Rawhide), dies at about 67 on this day in history.
1995 Dick Henry Jurgen, bandleader, dies at 85 on October - 05.
1996 On this day in history catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant, dies at 77
1997 Andrew Keir, actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt), dies at 71 on this day in history.
2005 On October - 05 flight Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith charged with refusing to serve in the Iraq war.
2012 Anglo Platinum Limited fires 12,000 striking workers in South Africa on this day in history.
2013 Wladimir Klitschko defeats Alexander Povetkin to retain his WBA Heavyweight Championship on this day in history.
2014 South Sydney Rabbitohs win the 2014 NRL Grand Final on October - 05.
2017 Spanish constitutional court suspends Catalan parliament to prevent declaration of independence on October - 05.
2017 On October - 05 iraqi forces claim victory and control over Islamic State's last urban stronghold Hawija, Northern Iraq
2017 "The New York Times" publishes investigation into sexual harassment behaviour by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein on October - 05.
2018 On October - 05 nobel Peace Prize awarded jointly to Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad for "efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war"
2018 US unemployment figures hit lowest level since 1969 - 3.7% according to Department of Labor on this day in history.
2018 Most expensive whisky ever sold at auction for $1.1 million, the Macallan Valerio Adami 1926, in Edinburgh, Scotland on this day in history.
2019 2019 Iraqi protests: 91 people are killed by police during a week of demonstrations in Iraq on October - 05.
2020 On this day in history massive protests breakout in Kyrgyzstan following accusations that the October 2020 parliamentary election was "unfair".
2020 On October - 05 [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 35 million worldwide. The news coincides with the World Health Organization estimating that total worldwide cases may be around 760 million - roughly a tenth of the global population.
2021 On October - 05 roscosmos launches the Soyuz MS-19 mission, which carries an Expedition 66 crewmember and two Channel One Russia personnel to the International Space Station. The two Channel One crew will perform principal photography on the film Vyzov aboard the station.[209][210]